Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Bruins hold on to beat Flames 2-1

Last night, with newly acquired additions, Lee Stempniak and John-Michael Liles in the lineup, the Bruins held on to a 2-1 lead to beat the Calgary Flames and get two points they desperately needed.

Quick game summary
In the first period, Bruins Landon Ferraro scored his 5th goal of the season, making the score 1-0 Bruins.

In the second period, no scoring happened.

In the third period, Flames Jakub Nakladal scored, tying the game 1-1. Later, Bruins Patrice Bergeron scored his 24th goal of the season, a power-play goal, making the score 2-1 Bruins.

Game notesTuukka Rask played in net and made 24 saves on 25 shots. Rask is now 25-18-5 with a 2.53 GAA and a .918 save percentage this season.

The Bruins led the game in faceoff wins 35-23. The Flames led the game in hits 27-17 and blocked shots 19-15. Both teams had 25 shots each. The Bruins went 1-for-5 on the power-play while the Flames went 0-for-4.

Brad Marchand led the Bruins with 5 shots. Matt Beleskey led the Bruins with 4 hits. Dennis Seidenberg led the Bruins with 4 blocked shots. Lee Stempniak had no shots in 16:12 of ice time while playing on a line with Bergeron and Marchand. John-Michael Liles had 1 shot and 1 hit in 16:55 of ice time. Noel Acciari made his NHL debut in this game, recording 1 shot and 2 hits in 8:31 of ice time.

Joe Morrow, Tyler Randell and Zach Trotman were scratched and did not play.

Onto the next one
The Bruins are now 35-23-6 with 76 points this season. The Bruins are now 14-16-3 at home this season. The Bruins are 6-4-0 in their last 10 games. The next game for the Bruins is on Thursday, when they host the Chicago Blackhawks, at 7pm ET.

Rinaldo suspended
Bruins forward Zac Rinaldo was suspended for 5 games for his hit to the head of Lightning's Cedric Paquette in Sunday's game. Rinaldo was sent to Providence (AHL) so he won't start serving the suspension until he is back up in the NHL.